The Maryland Board of Physicians has issuedcease-and-desist orders against Loren Eric Lockman andTimothy Scott Trader for practicing medicine without alicense and representing to the public that they wereauthorized to practice medicine. Loren was fined$320,000 for seven violations, each of which reflectedwhat had happened to one client. Trader was fined$70,000 for two violations related to two of theclients. Lockman founded the Tanglewood WellnessCenter, which operated in Maryland until 2005 when herelocated the facility to Panama. Lockman employedTrader in 2003 and 2004. The pair advocated a raw fooddiet and administered water-only fasting for lengthyperiods for people whose health conditions wereworsened or could have been worsened by such fasting.They also discouraged the use of prescribedmedications. Both conducted themselves in a mannerthat falsely suggested that they were trained healthprofessionals. In the fatal case, Trader advised a22-year-old woman with insulin-dependent diabetes tostop taking her insulin and undergo a water-only fast.

After she became acutely ill with diabeticketoacidosis, he administered huge amounts of insulin,but she lost consciousness and died soon afterwards.(Insulin alone is not sufficient treatment fordiabetic ketoacidosis.) Lockman still operates hisfacility in Panama. Trader, who obtained naturopathic"training" from two nonaccredited correspondenceschools, has relocated to California. For additional information and links to thecease-and-desist orders seehttp://www.quackwatch.org/02ConsumerProtection/tanglewood.html